The Bono Regional Law enforcement has arrested a driver and his assistant transporting about 8,460 slabs of dried leaves, suspected to be cannabis from Nsawkwa in the Tain District to Hamile in the Upper West Location.
The 27-yr old driver, Ayuba Ali, and his 20-calendar year aged mate, Ametus Sori the two natives of Kunnyukuon around Babile in the Higher West Area, declare they have been only employed to transport the merchandise from Nsawkaw to Hamile, certain for Burkina Faso.
Staff of the Drug Legislation Enforcement Unit, Sunyani, led by Detective Chief Inspector Adams Yahaya, performing on intelligence traced and intercepted the track with registration amount GR 2474-16, loaded with the dried leaves at a segment of the Menji to Banda road.
The driver throughout interrogation admitted transporting the bales of suspected cannabis.
He more alleged he was contracted by a man at Nsawkaw, whose name he claims not to know but can discover him when noticed, to transport the products to Hamlile at a charge of ₵7,000.
The illicit drugs had been very carefully packaged and lined with sawdust, lumbers, plywood’s, and boxes of Agrochemical substances in the Cargo truck to outwit stability staff on the way.
Detective Chief Inspector Adams Yahaya mentioned, “this is the largest narcotic operation arrested in the area since the Drug Legislation Enforcement Unit was founded in Sunyani, 2019”.
“The truck was loaded with 180 sacks with each and every made up of 47 compressed slabs, a overall of 8,460 slabs of dried leaves, suspected to be cannabis,” he disclosed.
He famous the driver and his accomplices picked routes very carefully with significantly less stability staff and safety checkpoints.
From Nsawkaw, they have been to use the Menji, Banda, Banda Nkwanta, Bole, Sawla, Tuna, and Wa streets before arriving at Hamile, where an additional truck will go on to the last place, Burkina Faso.
Bono Regional Criminal offense Officer, Nana Kwaku Duah said an investigation is nevertheless ongoing although the driver and his mate will quickly be put prior to a courtroom.
He, nevertheless, observed the Bono Region is notoriously recognized for the cultivation and trading of Indian hemp which requires the help of all to conclusion the illicit drug business in the region.
“That is why the United Nations Business office on Medicines and Crimes, UNODC, located it pretty important to build a unit in the region. So we were tasked to go all out to chase not only the smokers but also the cultivators and that is precisely what we are doing.
“Without data from the general public, it would have been tough to detect they had been transporting illegal medication due to the nature and fashion of the packaging. So we attractiveness to the general public and the media to support us with facts so we can go out there to arrest the illegal drug sellers since their good results negatively influences everybody”, the regional criminal offense business office stated.
